We’ve compiled a food product guide to assist you in sourcing the highest quality ingredients for your cooking needs. Click on the categories below to see our recommendations.
For The Kitchen
The first step to a healthy kitchen is to purge all nonstick pots, pans, and bakeware, then replace all plastic containers with glass or stainless steel. Feel free to explore lifewithoutplastic.com for more information.
Kitchen Equipment & Supplies
- Cooking
- High-Powered Blender - Vitamix or Blentec
- Stainless Steel Immersion Blender - Cuisinart
- Food Processor - Cuisinart
- Naturally non-stick enamelware — Le Creuset
- Stone bakeware & cast iron cookware — Lodge
- Stainless steel baking pan/cookie sheet — Focus Foodservice
- Stainless steel wire rack — Checkered Chef
- Stainless Steel Popsicle Molds - Onyx Containers
- Environmentally friendly kitchen products — If You Care
- Food & Beverage
- Stainless Steel Food Storage Containers - Life Without Plastics
- Airtight glass jars — Weck Jar
- Bamboo utensil sets – To Go Ware
- Reusable produce bags — Flip & Tumble & Swag Bag
- Airtight, reusable silicone sandwich-size bags — Stasher Bags
- Plastic-free food wrappers — Bee’s Wrap
- Stainless steel liquid/food containers that keep food hot/cold for extended periodsof time — Hydroflask
- Stainless steel to-go bottles — Healthy Human
- Glass water bottles — Bkr
- Leak-proof stainless steel food containers — UKonserve
- Water Filtration
- Countertop water filtration — Berkey
Cleaning Supplies
- Non-toxic cleaning products — Truce
- No-wash stain remover — Buggy Love
- Dish soap — Puracy
- Automatic dishwashing detergent pods — Grab Green Natural
- Liquid laundry detergent — Planet
Grocery & Home Goods Stores
- 100% Paleo & AIP Compliant Foods - Shop AIP
- Membership-based natural food market with discount prices- Thrive Market
- Grove Collaborative - Grove
- Corganic - Corganic
Cooking Fats & Vinegars
- Organic Virgin Coconut Oil - Tropical Traditions or Nutiva
- Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil - Bionature & Kasandrino’s
- Extra virgin olive oil— California Olive Ranch
- Avocado oil — Chosen Foods & Primal Kitchen
- Organic cold pressed sesame oil — Napa Valley Naturals
- Avocado oil mayo — Primal Kitchen
- Organic raw, unfiltered apple cider vinegar – Bragg
- Raw Coconut Vinegar – Coconut Secret
- Organic coconut aminos (naturally sweeter) — Coconut Secret
- Coconut aminos (saltier; more like true soy sauce) — Big Tree
Nuts & Seeds
- Chia Seeds - Nutiva
- Hemp Seeds - Manitoba Harvest
- Pumpkin & Sunflower - www.livingtreecommunity.com
- Unpasteurized Raw Organic Almonds - www.organicalmondsraw.com
- Sprouted Organic Nuts & Nut Butters - Blue Mountain Organics
- Gourmet Nuts and Seeds - Gourmet Nuts and Seeds
Gluten-Free Flours
- Blanched very fine almond flour – Wellbee’s
- Arrowroot powder – Bob’s Red Mill
- Coconut flour – Tropical Traditions or B ob’s Red Mill
- Sprouted brown rice flour – Planet Rice Foods or Sprouted Flour Company
- Sprouted quinoa flour – Thrive Market
- Teff flour — Bob’s Red Mill
- Cassava flour — Otto’s Naturals Cassava Flour
- Organic oat flour — Arrowhead Mills
- Sprouted chickpea flour — Thrive Market
- Organic tapioca flour — Thrive Market
- Amaranth flour — Bob’s Red Mill
- Buckwheat flour — Planet Organic or Blue Mountain Organics
- Cricket flour — Cricket Flours
Gluten-Free Breads & Baking
- Gluten-free bread – Canyon Gluten Free
- Grain-free, high-fiber sliced bread, bagels, rolls, and baguette — Barely Bread
- Grain-free tortillas (Cassava, almond, cashew, coconut, or chickpea flour based) —
Siete - Gluten-free sourdough bread — Bread SRSLY
- Cassava flour based, grain-free bread mix and sandwich loaves — Legit Bread Company
- Bread and baking mixes that are grain-free, low carb, Paleo friendly, and no sugar, soy, dairy, yeast, or extracted starches — California Country Gal
- Pizza crusts (cauliflower & almond flour mix) — Cali’flour Foods or Simple Mills
Nut & Coconut Flour Recipes
- Almond & Coconut Flour Recipes - Elana’s Pantry
- Egg-Free Recipes with Coconut Flour - The Spunky Coconut
- Gluten-Free (mostly) - Coconut Recipes
- Grain-free AIP and paleo recipes — Against All Grain
Nut & Seed Butters
- Raw Cashew Butter - Artisina Organics
- Roasted Almond Butter - Zinke Organics
- Pumpkin Seed Butter - Omega Nutrition
- Coconut Butter - Artisina Organics
- Sprouted nut and seed butters - Blue Mountain Organics
Whole Grains & Noodles
- Sprouted brown – Thrive Market & Planet Rice Foods
- Quinoa & quinoa products – Ancient Harvest
- Sprouted quinoa & brown rice – TruRoots
- Quinoa rice noodles – Andean Dream
- Brown rice noodles – Tinkyada
- Shirataki noodles aka “Glass noodles” (konjac yam starch) — Miracle Noodles
- Chickpea Pasta — Banza
Grain-Free Snacking
- Organic, fair trade, vegan, GMO free, dairy free, gluten free, soy free chocolate — Wei of Chocolate
- Coconut sugar chocolate & nut butter cups — Eating Evolved
- GF flour & almond flour crackers — Simple Mills
- Gluten-free crackers — Jilz Gluten-Free
- Organic grain & seed crackers — Mary’s Gone Crackers
- Grain-Free tortilla chips, tortillas etc. — Siete Foods
- Avocado oil potato chips — Boulder Canyon
- Plantain chips — Artisan Tropic
- Sprouted flaxseed crackers — Doctor in the Kitchen “Flackers”
“Coffee” & Tea
- Coffee alternative (not 100% gluten-free) — Dandy Blend
- Herbal coffee alternative — Tecchino (NOTE: The “Dandelion Dark Roast” version is the
only one that is gluten-free) - Mushroom elixirs for energy & focus — Four Sigmatic
- Herbal teas — Traditional Medicinals
Dairy & Dairy-Like Products
- Dairy
- Milk – Local Harvest or Real Milk
- Raw, grass-fed a2 Milk delivery (NY, NJ, PA) — UdderMilk
- Find A2 Milk in your area — A2Milk
- Grass fed cheese — US Wellness Meats
- Grass fed yogurt — Siggi’s
- Non Dairy
- Coconut milk — Thrive Market (no gums or fillers), Native Forest
- Almond milk — New Barn , C alifia Farms , Malk , Three Trees , Elmhurst
- Hemp milk — Pacific Foods
- Cashew milk — Malk
- Flax milk — Good Karma
- Macadamia milk — Milkadamia
- Hazelnut milk — Elmhurst
- Pecan milk — Malk
- Pea protein milk — Ripple Milk
- Oat milk — Oatly
- Fermented Coconut Yogurt — CoYo Coconut Milk Yogurt , So Delicious Dairy Free , Anita’s , & The Coconut Cult
- Nut milk cultured yogurt — Kite Hill
- Ice cream – “Purely Decadent” and “ Coconut Bliss ” Brands are both made with agave syrup
- Non dairy creamers — Califa Farms
- Nut-based cream cheese — Kite Hill
- Nut-based cheeses — Kite Hill , Treeline , Miyoko’s Creamery , Punk Rawk Labs , Dr. Cow
Organic Meats & Wild Seafood
- Pasture raised organic meats – US Wellness Meats or Local Harvest
- 100% Grass-Fed and Grass-Finished Beef, Free Range Organic Chicken, and Heritage Breed Pork – ButcherBox
- Wild Seafood – Vital Choice
- Pasture raised eggs – Vital Farms
- Grassfed meat snacks — Epic Provisions
- Grassfed beef jerky & sticks — The New Primal
Philadelphia Area
- On demand farmer’s market — Philly Food Works
- Wild Alaskan Seafood & Community Supported Seafood (CSA for seafood) — Otolith Sustainable Seafood
Bone Broth
- Shelf stable grass-fed bone broth — Kettle & Fire
- Frozen organic bone broth — Bonafide Provisions
- Refrigerated organic bone broth — Epic Provisions
Fresh Milk or Water Kefir Grains
- Fermented coconut water kefir – Inner Eco
- Cultures for make your own — Cultures For Health , Yemoos , or GEM Cultures
Pantry Supplies
- Organic raw vanilla powder – Divine Organics
- Raw organic cacao powder – Essential Living Foods or Nativa’s Organics
- Maca for cooking/baking — Essential Living Foods or Nativa’s Organics
- Supplemental maca powder — (note: the yellow variety from Natural Health International is the one to use to boost female fertility and the black variety is for male fertility. Our favorite for the ladies is Femminessence or Femminessence Pro, while for the guys we recommend Revolution Pro. )
- Chocolate (look for raw organic chocolate (cacao) beans, nothing under 70% or 80% dark, with simple ingredients, cocoa solids, cocoa butter, possibly sugar and vanilla, lecithin (a naturally occurring emulsifier).) – ChocolaTree Organic Oasis (no sugar), Dagoba Organic , Sacred Chocolate , Taza , or Enjoy Life (soy, dairy, and nut free)
For the Mind & Body
Feeding our minds and spirit is just as important as feeding our tummies. Take a look at our favorite CDs, websites, books and centers - you’re sure to find something that appeals to you! We didn’t forget about your tummy though; you’ll also find our favorite diet books and cookbooks that will be good resources for you regardless of whether you are Vegan, Vegetarian, Paleo, or Omnivorous.
Philadelphia-Based Mind-Body Meditation
- Amitayus Kadampa Buddhist Center
- Siddha Yoga Meditation Center
- Shambhala Center
- The Penn Program for Mindfulness (8 week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Programs)
- Jefferson Hospital (8 week MBSR Program)
- Vitality Meditation
Meditation CDs
- Guided Meditation: Six Essential Practices to Cultivate Love, Awareness, and Wisdom by Jack Kornfeld
- Mindfulness Meditation by Tara Brach
- The Wisdom of the Breath, Three Guided Meditations for Calming the Mind and Cultivating Insight by Bodhipaksa
- How to Meditate with Pema Chodron, A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind
Meditation Apps
- Headspace - a wonderful guided meditation app to take with you wherever you go
- Buddhify-
- Calm
- Insight Timer
Self-Hypnosis
- Downloadable Hypnosis Tracks and Resources - www.hypnosisdownloads.com
Breathwork CDs
- Breathing: The Master Key to Self-Healing by Andrew Weil
- Breathing Zone
”Self-Transformation
Diet & Nutrition Books
- Perfect Health Diet: Regain Health and Lose Weight by Eating the Way You Were Meant to Eat, by Paul Jaminet Ph.D. and Shou-Ching Jaminet Ph.D.
- The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy, by Mark Sisson
- It Starts With Food: Discover Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways, hardcover by Dallas Hartwig and Melissa Hartwig
- Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs and Sugar - Your Brain’s Silent Killers, by David Perlmutter
- The Blood Sugar Solution: The UltraHealthy Program for Losing Weight, Preventing Disease, and Feeling Great Now!, by Mark Hyman M.D.
- 8 Weeks to Optimum Health: A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body’s Natural Healing, by Andrew Weil
Cookbooks
- Super Natural Every Day: Well-Loved Recipes from My Natural Foods Kitchen, by Heidi Swanson
- The New Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, by Deborah Madison
- Against All Grain: Meals Made Simple (Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, and Paleo Recipes to Make Anytime), paperback by Danielle Walker
- The New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook: A Delicious Alternative for Lifelong Health, by Nancy Harmon Jenkins
- At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen: Celebrating the Art of Eating Well, by Amy Chaplin
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